The Latest Breaking News from HIV

Federal 340B Rebate Pilot Set for January 1 Could Change How Safety-Net Hospitals Fund Patient Programs

HRSA revived its 340B rebate pilot for January 1, 2027. Here is how the payment change could affect safety-net hospital programs and patients.

Medical Daily · Aug 4

Hepatitis B Infection Is Spreading Through Indian Households and Most Carriers Skip Screening

India's hepatitis B numbers are larger than most people realiseThe World Health Organization estimates that India has approximately 40 million people living with chronic hepatitis B infection, roughly 3 to 4 percent of the population. That figure makes India one of the highest-burden countries in the world, sitting alongside sub-Saharan…

Times Life · Aug 4

Kenya, Uganda and South Africa to manufacture own next-generation HIV prevention medicines

African countries to receive support as part of efforts to allow in-country producers to play a larger role in making medicines for the continent’s own needs.

The Independent UK · Aug 3

Drag Race star’s PrEP ad has a conservative group raging — but it doesn’t even mention sex

The television campaign aims to increase understanding about medication that reduces the risk of HIV exposure

The Independent UK · Jul 31

'Born of Ignorance': UNAIDS Boss Attacks Elon Musk Over Claim US HIV Aid Cuts Caused Zero Deaths

UNAIDS criticises Elon Musk's claim that US HIV aid cuts caused no deaths, warning of severe consequences for global HIV treatment and prevention efforts.

International Business Times UK · Jul 28

HIV progress in 'real danger' as global funding plummets

RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - The science has never been better, but political will has reached a new low: AIDS experts warned Monday that the fight against HIV was in real danger as funding fell by a fifth last year.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27

‘Deeply human cost’ of US aid cuts worse for women and girls, new study finds

The study’s authors said the findings point to the need for more diversified and reliable financing for health and humanitarian programmes

The Independent UK · Jul 27

In 2007, a last-resort cancer treatment led to an extraordinary HIV breakthrough that helped rewrite medical history

Cancer treatment received major breakthrough in 2007 and the findings remain one of the most remarkable chapters in modern medicine. A treatment undertaken as a last resort for an aggressive blood cancer unexpectedly revealed a pathway toward one of biomedical science's most ambitious goals. Although much work remains before a…

The Economic Times · Jul 27

HIV cases continue to rise in Chiang Mai

HIV remains a significant public health concern in Chiang Mai, with health authorities reporting approximately 23,900 cumulative infections and about 700 new cases each year - almost two new infections a day on average.

Bangkok Post · Jul 27

PHOTO ESSAY: By a dark, dangerous highway in Nepal, aid workers fired by USAID cuts turn to sex work

For years, aid workers in central Nepal visited the shadowy spot alongside a darkened highway where transgender sex workers gather each night, offering them free HIV tests and counseling. Today, those aid workers still visit this spot — but this time, as sex workers themselves.

The Independent UK · Jul 23